243: Chapter 244 Is this a provocation? No, this is attracting investment.

The barrage in the live stream could no longer be described by a simple "666".

On the massive star map behind Jiang Chen, red dots were expanding crazily outward from the Solar System in an extremely arrogant manner.

"Come on, folks, look at this area."

Jiang Chen casually took out a laser pointer and drew a big circle around a fringe star system in Centaurus.

"This is called 'Nebula One'."

"It has currently been preliminarily mapped by our drone swarm."

"The geological structure is good, there is no interference from advanced civilizations, and it is suitable for retirement."

He paused, then casually scribbled an advertisement on the side:

"Limited time flash sale! Buy ten tons of sweet potatoes, get a deluxe apartment on Mars for free!"

"Buy one planetary-grade ore, get permanent residency in Centaurus!"

"This isn't territorial expansion; it's practically an interstellar version of a 'buy-and-save' sale!"

Academician Chen Shuyin watched from the side, her eyes filled with an indescribable complexity.

She had seen people sell houses, and she had seen people sell land.

But packaging a "colony" as a "real estate project" to sell was a first in human history. Even more absurdly, there were actually alien civilizations in the barrage earnestly asking for prices.

"Jiang Chen, you are claiming land with such fanfare..."

Academician Chen Shuyin pulled him over, lowering her voice, "Won't those truly top-tier civilizations have objections? You are broadcasting the coordinates of the Solar System like a radio station."

"Objections?"

Jiang Chen was busy throwing a box of hot pot base into the teleportation device, and upon hearing this, he sneered:

"I wish they had objections."

"If they have objections, let them send their fleets over."

"It just so happens that the 'antimatter warheads' in my warehouse are looking for a place to be tested."

He turned his head and looked at the tens of millions of alien IDs flooding into the live stream.

Those civilization representatives, who should have been hostile and might even have been on reconnaissance missions, were all frantically spamming the chat demanding to buy "hot pot base".

This contrast made him laugh out loud.

"Look, this is civilization."

Jiang Chen pointed at the barrage, "What is civilization? It's not about who has the biggest fist; it's about who can provide everyone with delicious hot pot—that is civilization."

"Those who want to come and fight are barbarians."

"For barbarians, we have only one principle—"

Jiang Chen pressed a button, and in the live stream, a newly assembled, cold-glinting electromagnetic railgun flashed across the big screen.

"First, treat them to a meal."

"If they still don't know their manners after being fed, then send them to meet God."

"Simple, efficient, and effortless."

In the live stream, not only Earth netizens but even some alien scouts hiding in the shadows fell silent.

They had originally thought this was a fragile, low-level civilization.

Unexpectedly, this was a "pervert" that had even rewritten the laws of civilization survival!

Just then, the hurried footsteps of Grand Commander Lei Zhen came from outside the deck.

"Report, Boss!"

His usually fierce face looked a bit panicked at this moment, "That deep-space radar of ours in the Kuiper Belt just... seems to have captured something it shouldn't have."

"What?"

Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow, signaling for the barrage in the live stream to continue for a while.

Zhao Gang handed over a tablet.

On the screen was a weird spaceship with an extremely abstract appearance, resembling plankton.

It was moving slowly in the darkness.

Most crucially, several black tubes were extending from beneath its belly, pointing in the direction of the Solar System... making a motion similar to "collecting".

"Is it feeding on our outer asteroid belt?"

Academician Chen Shuyin gasped, "Is it collecting raw materials?"

"No."

Jiang Chen's eyes turned completely cold.

He stared at the screen, the sense of ease from his earlier posturing vanished without a trace, replaced by the deathly silence of a hunter facing prey:

"It's not mining."

"It is scanning."

"This guy is stress-testing our defense system."

Jiang Chen threw his phone into Zhao Gang's arms and stood up, his aura pressing down like a great mountain.

"Weren't you just complaining that our 'investment promotion' was too arrogant?"

"Fine."

"Since they like to join in the fun so much..."

Jiang Chen walked to the control console, looked at the constantly flashing red warning dots, and said coldly into the communicator:

"luan bird! Main engine start!"

"Didn't you want an opening ceremony?"

"Then let those rats hiding in the shadows see what our 'ribbon-cutting ceremony' is like!"

"Advance at full speed!"

"I'll wait right here to see whose fist is harder!"

Jiang Chen's voice echoed throughout the entire spaceship via the broadcast.

Deafening.

Everyone in the command room stopped what they were doing.

They felt it.

That was not just a commercial slap in the face, but a clarion call for a desperate counterattack concerning the survival of the race.

"Received!"

Academician Chen Shuyin took a deep breath, swept the heavy research materials into the shredder, and placed her hands back on the fire control console:

"Target locked, shall we fire?"

Jiang Chen looked at the black shadow constantly approaching on the screen and slowly uttered one word:

"Fire."

"Give our new neighbors... a grand welcome!"

With this order.

The entire mothership instantly entered combat status, the fire control system roared, and blue electric light surged within the gun barrels, preparing to welcome these uninvited "guests".

The end.

The tranquility of the universe was broken.

The first particle cannon shot, carrying the most glorious fury in human history, roared out of the barrel.